Ergebnis für "Eldest" in Krimis & Thriller

Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part epic masterwork. Entwining stories and worlds from a vast and complex canvas, here is the conclusion readers have long...

It's Christmas Eve, and Delia's family is finally together again. All is quiet and still, yet Delia can't help but feel a sense of foreboding. After all, an ancient dragon has just awakened and stronger magic is pulsing through the veins of the Myrtlewood Crones. Delia braces herself for her most enchanting adventure yet as questions about her grandmother's mysterious death and her heritage haunt her. On top of all this, her daughter Gillian's strange behavior becomes even more unsettling and the spirited grandchildren tumble into the mix.

In this novella set in 1924 London, ex-boxer Harry Stubbs is on the trail of a mysterious legacy. A polar explorer has died, leaving huge debts and hints of a priceless find. His informants seem to be talking in riddles, and Harry soon finds he isn't the only one on the trail - and what he's looking for is as lethal as it is valuable. The key to the enigma lies in an ancient Arabian book and it leads to something stranger and more horrifying than Harry could ever imagine.

Fame is a fantasy. Delusion is forever. Stu Starr has spent his entire life preparing for greatness. The rhinestones are polished, the cape is dramatic, and the fantasy he’s built around himself is brighter than any spotlight. Tonight is supposed to be the moment the world finally recognizes the legend he’s always believed he is. But when the curtain rises, reality doesn’t always follow the script. Starr Love is a darkly comic psychological thriller about fame, obsession, and the glittercoated lies we tell ourselves to survive.

“A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white, alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.”—Guardian Australia’s leading indigenous storyteller makes his American debut with this immersive and deeply resonant novel, set in...

You wouldn't believe me if I told you... Richard Kinners is prepared for a fresh beginning and moves to the tranquil, enigmatic town of Elder Creek. However, upon his arrival, he quickly realizes that things aren't quite as they appear. The neighbours seem to conceal more than they reveal, and initial impressions can be misleading. Richard is about to discover that he has encountered far more than he bargained for.

Två syskon försvinner oförklarligt med ett par veckors mellanrum. Först misstänks en familjemedlem, sedan en okänd gärningsman och snart kör utredningen fast. En kort tid senare hittas foton på barnen tillsammans med 29-åriga förskoleläraren Kajsa Rantanen, som nyligen hittats död. Vad hände Kajsa och varför finns hon på bild med de försvunna barnen? Psykologen Siri Bergman får tillsammans med kollegorna i polisens gärningsmannaprofilgrupp i uppdrag att titta närmare på brotten.

The year is 1860 in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. Captain James Jenkins, whose livelihood is tied to the sea, is now a merchant captain married to Ruth Fish. Together, they cross oceans, endure unimaginable loss and watch their country devolve into brutal conflict. Cynthia Elder is a novelist, poet and nonprofit leader.

London, 1897: Lady Christiana Harker once committed a grave sin against her kind when she saved Inspector Elijah Drexler's life by turning him into a vampire. Christiana's bold act has only driven Elijah deeper into an impenetrable darkness, fueled by morphine, nightmares, and a constant thirst for blood. Elijah has no room left in his heart for anything but his quest for vengeance against his childhood tormentor, a quest that he fully expects to end with his own death.

Maartje Kramer heeft niet bepaald een spannend leven. Ze heeft een fijne vriendengroep en is werkzaam in het archief van de gemeente, maar heeft behoefte aan meer. Dan komt ze op een zekere avond in contact met een sensuele, mysterieuze vrouw die haar een visitekaartje geeft... Maartje besluit de stoute schoenen aan te trekken. Ze is klaar met haar ingedutte liefdesleven en neemt een kijkje op de website die op het kaartje vermeld staat. Haar nieuwsgierigheid is gewekt als ze een vragenlijst in moet vullen waar om haar vijf grootste seksuele fantasieën wordt gevraagd.

Leah MacKenzie and her mother, Dana, live an idyllic life in Illinois, until a runaway car careens across their lawn, nearly killing Leah - a bungled attempt at murder. Now, they're on the run, pursued by the same shadowy figure who killed Dana's mother two years before. Soon, they're joined by two mysterious Englishmen chasing a serial killer - their trails coming together at a mysterious, old lighthouse on the aptly named Porte des Morts passage, literally, the Doorway of Death.

After years of dreaming and saving money, Josh and Kiera open their own tavern in Miller's Crossing, a quiet town outside of Milwaukee. Owning a business is everything they imagined until Josh discovers a hidden door leading to a passage underground. At first excited by the discovery, the couple quickly realizes the more they explore below, the more things unravel above. Friends go missing, apparitions appear, and their lives begin to crumble. With nowhere to run, Josh and Kiera soon find themselves in a fight for their very lives.

For years, the abandoned MacKenzie mansion remained hidden in rural Wisconsin. Rumors and stories of apparitions, odd noises, accidents, and strange deaths in or near the property were enough to convince the townsfolk it was haunted, and they stayed away. Lucas MacKenzie and his brother, Nate, know nothing of this when they inherit the property and decide to bring their families to Wisconsin for a major renovation project with HGTV stardom in mind. As they tear out old fixtures and open shuttered windows, the house begins to reveal secrets of a terrible past.

I thought coming to the Black Ruins forest would give me the answers to the questions I so desperately needed. Instead I have more questions and no answers. Now here I am trying to figure out how to destroy the oldest and strongest dragons who are the Elders to become the next ruler of Zilo. No problem, right? Yeah, not as easy as it sounds. The forest will only keep us a safe for so long before the Elders find out where we are. If they find us, we are all dead.

När ett äldre par hittas mördade i sitt hem i Stockholm blir det snart uppenbart att det till synes enkla fallet är långt mer komplicerat än polisen först trodde. Utredarna Ayleen Madani och Uno André blir tilldelade fallet, och till deras hjälp har de privatdetektiven Sixten Salomonsson. Spåren leder dem till en hemlig organisation som håller på att etablera sig i Sverige och som använder sig av brutala och hänsynslösa metoder för att sprida sitt budskap.

Chief orthopedic resident, Dr. Rylan Fraser, knows she’s in for a bad on-call night when she arrives in the trauma bay to find a young father barely holding on after a major motorcycle accident. It’s the eve of Thanksgiving, so staffing is thin, but things slide further downhill when she learns her junior resident is AWOL and the blizzard raging outside has stranded her supervising attending in a roadside ditch.

It can happen to anyone. Your parent. Your partner. Your neighbour.Beware Mysterious Mark is a ten-part audio documentary about elder financial abuse, built around one harrowing true account of how a predator isolated an elderly man from his family and systematically took control of his life and his assets. Names have been changed. Events and conversations are drawn directly from the family's own detailed records.Told by storyteller Nancy Miles, whose partner Brooke watched her father taken piece by piece over seven years, the series weaves dramatized conversations re-enacted by actors with ...

"Wenn du auf einen dominanten Milliardär triffst, der DICH BESITZEN WILL, koste es, was es wolle! Alles, was in seiner kalten Welt regiert, sind Macht, Geld & Kontrolle. Doch du kannst nicht anders, als ihm dein Herz zu schenken, auch wenn du es wahrscheinlich verlieren wirst." Im Leben der gutherzigen, naiven Amber Snyder herrscht das pure Chaos: Sie hat ihren Job als Sekretärin verloren und findet einfach keine neue Stelle. Zu allem Übel lässt sie sich zu einer wilden Partynacht überreden, bei der sie viel zu tief ins Glas schaut.

Efter en skön och ovanligt solig semester hinner kriminalkommisarie Morten Dahl-Nielsen knappt tillbaka till arbetet i polishuset i Lund förrän staden skakas av ett fruktansvärt våldsdåd. Något liknande har aldrig inträffat förut i staden, det är en katastrof, en massaker. Våldet har blivit gränslöst, ofattbart och Morten och hans kollegor ställs inför uppgiften att hitta en gärningsman och ett motiv. Fristående fortsättning på "Offerlamm". Karl Arne Blom föddes den 22 januari 1946 och uppväxt i Nässjö i Småland.

Stieg Trenters genomgående hjälte, Harry Friberg, är löst skissad efter den i verkligheten välkände och mycket framgångsrike fotografen KW Gullers. I denna bok dras Friberg in i utredningen rörande egendomliga händelser på Hornsbergs gamla vackra malmgård vid Karlbergskanalen. Snart finns han i händelsernas centrum. När en serie bränder i Göteborg kan sättas i förbindelse med händelserna på Hornsberg stegras spänningen ytterligare. Texten har försiktigt moderniserats. Stieg Trenter var sin tids mest framgångsrika svenska deckarförfattare.